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The supremum distribution of a Lévy process with no negative jumps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

J. Michael Harrison
J. Michael Harrison*
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Stanford University
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Abstract

Let be a process with stationary, independent increments and no negative jumps. Let be this same process modified by a reflecting barrier at zero (a storage process). Assuming that – and denote by ψ(s) the exponent function of X. A simple formula is derived for the Laplace transform of as a function of W(0). Using the fact that the distribution of M is the unique stationary distribution of the Markov process W, this yields an elementary proof that the Laplace transform of M is µs/ψ(s). If it follows that These surprisingly simple formulas were originally obtained by Zolotarev using analytical methods.

Keywords

STATIONARY INDEPENDENT INCREMENTSSTORAGE PROCESSESMARKOV PROCESSESREFLECTING BARRIERSLÉVY PROCESSES
Type
Research Article
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1977 , pp. 417 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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